7th Annual Week of Italian Cuisine in the US
November 13-20, 2022
Conviviality, Sustainability and Innovation: The Ingredients of Italian Cuisine for the Health of Individuals and the Protection of the Planet
Showcasing Italy and the Italian taste in the world, the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World is a yearly initiative developed to promote Italian culinary traditions and food-and-wine connoisseurship as a distinctive trait of Italian identity and culture.
The theme for the 7th edition is Conviviality, Sustainability and Innovation: The Ingredients of Italian Cuisine for the Health of Individuals and the Protection of the Planet.
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EVENTS
PELLEGRINO ARTUSI AND THE CULINARY UNIFICATION OF ITALY
(Pellegrino Artusi e l’unità d’Italia in cucina) A documentary exhibition celebrating Pellegrino Artusi
IT/EN | The documentary exhibition by Casa Artusi Pellegrino Artusi and the Culinary Unification of Italy (Pellegrino Artusi e l’unità d’Italia in cucina) explores the world-famous cookbook La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiar bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well) published by Pellegrino Artusi in 1891. More than a cookbook, this book was a political project – the contribution Artusi wanted to give his country, laboriously unified a few years earlier.
Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, 710 Sansome St @INNOVIT (new location)
On view by appointment (contact.sanfrancisco@esteri.it)
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CAROL FIELD AWARD
The Consulate General of Italy, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, will host the 3rd edition of the “Carol Field Award,” offered to Americans who have dedicated their professional life to bringing the best of Italian food to this region of the United States. The recipient of this year’s award will be Mr. Gary Rulli, founder of Emporio Rulli.
SPECIAL MENU TO CELEBRATE THE WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE
Pamper your palate with the delicacies and delights of many of the Bay Area’s leading Italian restaurants this week!
Look for the special Italian menus offered at participating restaurants rated by the Accademia della Cucina Italiana of San Francisco, celebrating this year the them of Conviviality, Sustainability, and Innovation.